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Youth Unemployment – No More Jobs for the Boys
Parents of young children may imagine that they do not need to worry about unemployment statistics for school leavers, but these figures are surprisingly relevant to anyone involved in the day- to- day business of making sure that a child … >>more
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Freedom-in-Education
freedom-in-education.co.uk This is the first Freedom in Education Newsletter for some time; thank you to everyone who took the trouble to register for the Newsletter, and apologies for the long delay. Some of you may have noticed that we have … >>more
Posted in Newsletters, Uncategorized
Q & A Maths
I note that you specialized in maths. My middle child, is very like me when it comes to maths: and blanks if you try to do mental maths with her. If you write numbers down she can work them out … >>more
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Child Care – Welcome to the Madhouse
The currently accepted wisdom is that it is fine for parents to pay other people to look after their children for them, and hardly anyone is prepared to consider the illogicality of such an idea, or what children would say about it if their views could be … >>more
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Pre-school Education
This section of the site is dedicated to children who have not yet reached the age at which education is compulsory: which varies between age five (in the UK) and eight (in some US states and parts of Europe). The phrase ‘pre-school education’ is itself … >>more
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One-to-One
I am currently working on a rewrite of One-to-One, a practical guide to learning at home, age 0-11. So far I have been working on the sections on Play, Art, Writing, and Reading. It has been quite illuminating having a chance to … >>more
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New Upgrade to Freedom in Education Site
The Freedom in Education site was started in 2002, shortly after the publication of One-to-One, a Parent’s Guide to Teaching at Home. My family and I worked hard at maintaining and developing the site for a period of five years and … >>more
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Home Educating in France?
We moved to Brittany with our three children in 1994. We had been home-educating in the UK for a few years previously but our children were quite interested in the idea of attending school to see what it was like. … >>more
Posted in Home Education
My Personal Experience of Education
One of the most unfortunate aspects of the modern world of education is that people are forced to adopt attitudes that they cannot really believe in: parents that decide to pay to send their child to an expensive private school … >>more
Posted in Home Education
Home Education – UK
It is estimated that there are now over 50,000 and perhaps as many as 150,000 children between the ages of 5 and 16 being taught at home by their parents in the United Kingdom -Â and there is every indication that … >>more
Posted in Home Education